Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Irish National League
Proclaimed.
PROTEST BY PARNELLITES.
BalfOur's Speech for the Govern
ment-What Gladstone Says
on the Subject.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
LONDON, August 19.-Balfour, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, announced in
the House of Commons this afternoon
that the Government had proclaimed
the Irish National League. He said
that the League was proclaimed as a
dangerous association under section 6
of the Irish Crimes Act, an amend
ment to the bill recently made law
[Cheers and counter cheers The
Government had thus taken the power
conferred upon it by the act to pro-
hibit and suppress the League.
SEXTON ASKS A QUESTION.
Sexton asked if then the sole ground
for the proclamation was that the
League was simply an association
tending to interfere with the law.
BALFoUR's ANSWER.
In reply Balfour said: There are
two sub-heads of the sixth section OF
the act mentioned in the proclama-
ton which declare as follows
"Whereas we are satisfied that there
exists in Ireland an association known
as the Irish National League, which
in parts of Ireland promotes and in.
cites acts of violence and intimida,
tion." CA voice, "its lie. No
branch of the league is engaged in
such work.
HARTINGToN's APPEAL.
Harrington asked whether Balfoul
was aware that nearly all the branches
of the League were engaged in regis
tration work whether he knew that
the league was only an association op.
posed to the Conservatives work, and
whether the proclamation was in
| tended to paralyze the efforts OF the
league to the advantage OF the Con.
servatives.
| REGISTRATION TO GO ON.
Balfour replied that no branch oi
of the league confined to registration
would be impeded in its work.
THE ALLOTMENT BILL NEXT.
The subject was then dropped ant
| the House went into committee OF
the land allotment bill.
| SPLIT IN THE CAMP.
Chamberlain and G. w. Russell
have withdrawn from the Unionis
party in consequence of the proclaim
ling of the Irish National League b,
the government.
GLADsToNE's VIEWS.
In the lobbies of the Houses of Par
| lament this evening, Gladstone as
serted that the Government is unjus
and imprudent in proclaiming the
| League.
THE PARNELLITES PROTEST.
The Parnelltes say that the Govern
| ment wishes to create trouble and out
rage in Ireland during the coming
| winter; that the proclamation will
| force the EXTREMIST measures of the
| League to the front, and that the Gov
ernment will shortly bitterly repent
| its action.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
All the important documents OF the
League have been removed from theil
headquarters in Dublin.
THE LORDS NOTIFIED.
In the House of Lords this after
noon Lord Salisbury announced that
the government had proclaimed the
Irish National League.
| p,uNrrI rNTEpVIEwEn
Parnell in an interview this evening
said that the action OF the government
in proclaiming the league was
gratuitous to the Irish, considering
the present condition of Ireland. II
was merely move to cover the weak
ness of the land bill. If the bill did not
protect the tenants from eviction
trouble would be inevitable during the
coming winter.
NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
The Pail Mall Gazette vigorously at
tacks the Government party for adopt
ing in the Commons last evening the
Earl of Cadogan's amendment to the
Irish land bill relating to town parks.
The Gazette urges the Liberals to re-
volt against the governments Irish
policy in the Commons, and to OBJ
struct the passage of supply meas
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